Irish racing’s greats turned out in their hundreds to say their goodbyes following the tragic death of Lucy Stack.

A devastating last letter by Lucy assured her friends that “no call could have changed this, no chats over wine.”

Up to 1,000 mourners attended the heartbreaking funeral of the 28-year-old who alongside, her husband, trainer Fozzy Stack had been seen as “Racing’s Golden Couple”.

Her distraught husband read her final penned letter to mourners.

“I need you to know that what has happened is no reflection of how you were as my friend,” she wrote in the sad letter.

“No call could have changed this. No chats over wine.

“Sadly, this is just my fate. I know it is selfish and cowardly but for me it is my only option. I can’t face this world any longer. I’m just not strong enough. Too much has happened,” she wrote.

The funeral service at the tiny St Ultan’s church in Rathcore, Enfield, Co Meath was attended by racing greats such as Charlie Swan, Ted Walsh and Tom Taaffe.

Mourners could not hold back the tears as Fozzy recounted how her letter was signed “Friends forever, Lucy.”

It emerged that Lucy had planned her funeral mass down to each hymn and reading.

She thanked her friends for “fun times, for the laughing, dancing and giggles,” and urged them to remember the happy days they’d had together, by adding: “Please let my memory be one of happiness and laughter. Do not remember me for the sadness and the way things ended.”

Her father-in-law Tommy Stack told mourners that Lucy had suffered silently from a young age” but said she was now at peace with her deceased father, David Foster, who died at the age of 43 after a fall from a horse.